Being doored to death is a cyclist's nightmare. How can it be prevented?
LOS ANGELES -- The last time Yasmine Nasser Diaz spoke to her husband was in the early afternoon of Oct. 17 near their garage, where the couple stored their bicycles.
As Robert George, a Hollywood producer, walked his bike to the driveway of their Silver Lake home, Diaz popped out to pick up a delivery. She had received a package containing a new belt, and they shared a laugh over her excitement. After exchanging goodbyes, George took off for the gym.
At 3:30 p.m, Diaz, 46, received a call from the L.A. County-USC Medical Center notifying her that there had been an accident and that she "needed to come right away," the artist told The Times. Three hours earlier, according to a police report, George had been "doored."
"Dooring" and "doored," colloquialisms among bicyclists, refer to a collision caused by a driver or passenger opening a car.
